CAD — Sorghum bicolor

Summary

SORBI_3010G071800 (SbCAD) encodes a cinnamyl-alcohol dehydrogenase with NADP-dependent oxidoreductase activity, including coniferyl-alcohol, aryl-alcohol, mannitol, 8-hydroxygeraniol, and vomilenine reductase activities, and binds zinc. This sorghum gene on chromosome 10 is associated with lignin and phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, secondary metabolite and alkaloid metabolism, green leaf volatile biosynthesis, C4 photosynthesis, defense response to bacteria, hypersensitive response cell death, and signal transduction. It is linked to response to water, and its product localizes to the apoplast, cytosol, cytoplasm, and plasma membrane. Associations include lignin content, photosynthetic rate, IAA content, reproductive period, disease and bacterial resistance, arsenic translocation and tolerance, salicylic acid accumulation, basal thermotolerance, C6-alcohol production and herbivore predator attraction, ethanol yield, and traits such as panicle, shoot, tiller, height, crown root, leaf area, and flowering date.